badmouth
verb/ˈbæd.maʊθ/
Etymology
Calque of a Mande term, perhaps Vai [Term?] or Mandinka [Term?], which entered English via Gullah [Term?]. Compare Japanese 悪口(わるぐち) (waruguchi, “badmouthing”), which is a compound of 悪(わる) (waru, “bad, wicked”) and 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”).
- derived from via Gullah [Term?]
Definitions
To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- […] those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway.
- He also believed that Mr. Altman was bad-mouthing the board to OpenAI executives, two people with knowledge of the situation said.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for badmouth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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